New Mexico emergency room wait times
ER wait times › New Mexico
Across 33 New Mexico hospitals that report the measure, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 48 min — 18 min longer than the national median of 2 hr 30 min. The shortest is Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems at 1 hr 32 min.
Medians over a full year, for patients treated and discharged rather than admitted. Busy hospitals treat sicker patients, so a longer wait is not by itself a mark against a hospital. How this measure works.
| # | Hospital | City | Median wait | Left before seen | ER volume | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems | Taos | 1 hr 32 min | 3% | low | 1/5 |
| 2 | Artesia General Hospital | Artesia | 1 hr 39 min | 2% | low | — |
| 3 | Dr Dan C Trigg Memorial Hospital | Tucumcari | 1 hr 53 min | 0% | low | — |
| 4 | Cibola General Hospital | Grants | 1 hr 55 min | — | — | — |
| 5 | Miners' Colfax Medical Center | Raton | 1 hr 58 min | — | — | — |
| 6 | Roswell Regional Hospital | Roswell | 2 hr 10 min | 1% | low | 2/5 |
| 7 | Union County General Hospital | Clayton | 2 hr 12 min | — | — | — |
| 8 | Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services | Gallup | 2 hr 16 min | 4% | low | — |
| 9 | Socorro General Hospital | Socorro | 2 hr 19 min | 2% | low | — |
| 10 | Lincoln County Medical Center | Ruidoso | 2 hr 26 min | 2% | low | 2/5 |
| 11 | Mimbres Valley Medical Center | Deming | 2 hr 28 min | 2% | low | — |
| 12 | Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLC | Las Cruces | 2 hr 31 min | 3% | low | 3/5 |
| 13 | Lovelace Westside Hospital | Albuquerque | 2 hr 39 min | 2% | medium | 4/5 |
| 14 | Mountain View Regional Medical Center | Las Cruces | 2 hr 41 min | 3% | high | 2/5 |
| 15 | Roosevelt General Hospital | Portales | 2 hr 42 min | 3% | low | — |
| 16 | Los Alamos Medical Center | Los Alamos | 2 hr 48 min | 2% | low | — |
| 17 | Espanola Hospital | Espanola | 2 hr 48 min | 4% | medium | — |
| 18 | Lea Regional Medical Center | Hobbs | 2 hr 50 min | 3% | medium | 3/5 |
| 19 | St Vincent Hospital | Santa Fe | 2 hr 53 min | 1% | high | 4/5 |
| 20 | Sierra Vista Hospital | Truth Or Consequences | 2 hr 55 min | 0% | low | — |
| 21 | Eastern New Mexico Medical Center | Roswell | 3 hr 8 min | 2% | medium | 1/5 |
| 22 | San Juan Regional Medical Center | Farmington | 3 hr 10 min | 7% | very high | 2/5 |
| 23 | Gila Regional Medical Center | Silver City | 3 hr 11 min | 2% | low | 2/5 |
| 24 | Plains Regional Medical Center Clovis | Clovis | 3 hr 12 min | 5% | medium | 2/5 |
| 25 | Carlsbad Medical Center | Carlsbad | 3 hr 12 min | 3% | medium | 1/5 |
| 26 | Plains Regional Medical Center | Clovis | 3 hr 12 min | 5% | medium | 2/5 |
| 27 | Gerald Champion Regional Medical Cente | Alamogordo | 3 hr 22 min | 2% | medium | 3/5 |
| 28 | Lovelace Women's Hospital | Albuquerque | 3 hr 25 min | 2% | medium | 4/5 |
| 29 | Memorial Medical Center INC | Las Cruces | 3 hr 26 min | 1% | medium | 2/5 |
| 30 | Lovelace Medical Center | Albuquerque | 3 hr 32 min | 2% | medium | 2/5 |
| 31 | Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center | Santa Fe | 3 hr 45 min | 4% | medium | 5/5 |
| 32 | University of New Mexico Hospital | Albuquerque | 4 hr 33 min | 2% | very high | 2/5 |
| 33 | Presbyterian Hospital | Albuquerque | 4 hr 40 min | 8% | very high | 2/5 |
Source: CMS measure OP_18b, published July 2026. Hospitals with too few cases to report are not listed here; they still have a page in the New Mexico directory. Not affiliated with CMS. For a medical emergency, call 911.